What happens when Dolly Parton rewrites Dickens with a Southern twang and a heart full of gold? You get Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol, a holiday musical where Scrooge trades cobblestone streets for Tennessee snow and coal mining towns learn to believe in second chances. First premiered in 2021, it's already being called “the next White Christmas,” and Dolly’s music? FULL STORY: TrackLovers.net/what-happens-when-dolly-parton-rewrites-dickens-with-a-southern-twang-and-a-heart-full-of-gold-you-get

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